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Tourist excursion on the places of Soviet buildings in the «futuristic» style
"Back to the Future" is a chance to dive into the atmosphere of the Soviet Union!
The week-long excursion "Back to the Future" is devoted to Soviet buildings in the "Futurism" style.
During 7 days you will get acquainted with avant-garde direction in architecture of the USSR, learn the history of famous buildings and what role they played in the development of the country.
A group of 10 people who are ready to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the 1960-1990 years. Especially the tour will suit  for fans and people who miss the atmosphere of the USSR.
6 places from the future which you will go to:
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The lower tier of the Ostankino TV Tower in Moscow
Melnikov House in Moscow
Museum-panorama «Battle of Stalingrad» in Volgograd
Novgorod Drama Theater in Veliky Novgorod
Health Resort «Kurpaty» in Yalta
Russian state scientific center for robotics and technical cybernetics in St. Petersburg
Today the Ostankino TV tower is
The 15th tallest building in the world, but at the time of its construction it had no equal to all Europe.
Construction began in the summer of 1960, even before the final approval of the project.
Now the tower is planned to be completed
up to 560 m — then it will regain the title of the tallest TV tower in the world.
The conical base of the structure rests on 10 poles; the average diameter between the leg supports is 65 meters.
The 540-meter building resembled an inverted lily flower on the thick stem — it was this silhouette that was taken as the basis of the architect
N.V. Nikitin.
The Ostankino tower became an embodiment of the most daring ideas of Soviet designers and architects.
1960
4.5 m foundation thickness
31 400
t
Weight of tower without foundation
t
Mass of the main foundation
tower
1940
m
Foundation area
115
m
540
m
383,5
m
337
m
328
m
243
m
147
m
63
m
Total height of the tower
Height of reinforced concrete trunk
Viewpoint
«7th Heaven» Restaurant
The Hardware
Viewing balcony
Base height
The Ostankino Tower is built according to the «pallet» principle. The tower's stability on tilting has a sixfold  reserve
The reinforced concrete support of the entire structure is a cone supported by ten reinforced concrete «legs» on the -ring -foundation.
In the center of the cone on an independent foundation  an   reinforced concrete trunk  63  meters high. In the em there are speed elevators, communications and emergency steel stairs.
Foundation of the trunk
20 000
1940
m
Foundation area
115
m
Foundation of the trunk
The Ostankino Tower is built according to the «pallet» principle. The tower's stability on tilting has a sixfold  reserve
The reinforced concrete support of the entire structure is a cone supported by ten reinforced concrete «legs» on the -ring -foundation.
In the center of the cone on an independent foundation  an   reinforced concrete trunk  63  meters high. In the em there are speed elevators, communications and emergency steel stairs.
ОСТАНКИНСКАЯ
ТЕЛЕБАШНЯ
Moscow
Lower Tier of Ostankino Tower
Today the Ostankino TV tower is
The 15th tallest building in the world, but at the moment it was built, there were no equal there were there were there were no there were there were in all Europe.
Construction began in the summer of 1960, even before the final approval of the project.
Now the tower is planned to be completed up to 560 m — then it will regain the title of the tallest TV tower in the world.
The conical base of the structure is supported by 10 supports; the average diameter between the legs is 65 meters.
The 540-meter building resembled an inverted lily flower on a thick stem — it was this silhouette  that architect Nikitin took as the basis for the architect N.V. Nikitin.
The Ostankino tower became an embodiment of the most daring ideas of Soviet designers and architects.
1960
4,5 м толщина фундамента
31 400
т
Масса башни без фундамента
т
Масса главного фундамента
башни
1940
м
Площадь фундамента
115
м
Останкинская башня построена по принципу «неваляшки». Устойчивость башни на опрокидывание имеет шестикратный запас
Железобетонная опора всего сооружения — это конус, опирающийся десятью железобетонными «ногами» на кольцо фундамента.
В Центре конуса на самостоятельном фундаменте возведен железобетонный ствол высотой 63 метра. В нем находятся скоростные лифты, коммуникации и аварийная стальная
лестница.
Фундамент ствола
20 000
1940
м
Площадь фундамента
115
м
Фундамент ствола
The Ostankino Tower is built according to the «pallet» principle. The stability of the tower on tilting has a sixfold  reserve
The reinforced concrete support of the entire structure is a cone supported by ten reinforced concrete «legs» on the ring foundation.
In the center of the cone, a reinforced concrete structure with a height of 63 meters was erected on an independent foundation. It contains high-speed elevators, communications and a steel emergency staircase.
OSTANKINO
TOWER
Base height
Viewing balcony
The Hardware
«7th Heaven» Restaurant
Viewpoint
Height of reinforced concrete trunk
Total height of the tower
m
63
m
147
m
243
328
m
m
337
m
383,5
m
540
MELNIKOV
HOUSE-MUSEUM
World-famous monument of Soviet avant-garde architecture in architecture. It was built in 1927-1929.
Since the end of 2014, the house museum has been open for visitors. The visit is organized by preliminary registration, with excursion groups.
The house project was approved on June 19 1927 as an experimental structure on «Melnikov system», the idea which consisted in prohibition of round building for massive housing.
1929
The volumetric composition of the house consists of two vertical cylinders of the same diameter, which are of different heights and cut into each other by a third of the radius, thus forming an unusual shape of the plan in the form of the number "8".
The side walls of the front cylinder are practically blank - only on the first floor are several hexagonal windows, and one octagonal window is arranged on the west side at the level of the second floor. The side walls of the front cylinder are practically blank, with only the first floor having several hexagonal windows.
The volumetric composition of the house consists of two vertical cylinders of the same diameter, which are of different heights and cut into each other by a third of the radius, thus forming an unusual shape of the plan in the form of the number "8".
The side walls of the front cylinder are practically blank - only on the first floor are several hexagonal windows, and one octagonal window is arranged on the west side at the level of the second floor. The side walls of the front cylinder are practically blank, with only the first floor having several hexagonal windows.
The volumetric composition of the house consists of two vertical cylinders of the same diameter, which are of different heights and cut into each other by a third of the radius, thus forming an unusual shape of the plan in the form of the number "8".
The side walls of the front cylinder are practically blank - only on the first floor are several hexagonal windows, and one octagonal window is arranged on the west side at the level of the second floor. The side walls of the front cylinder are practically blank, with only the first floor having several hexagonal windows.
The volumetric composition of the house consists of two vertical cylinders of the same diameter, which are of different heights and cut into each other by a third of the radius, thus forming an unusual shape of the plan in the form of the number "8".
The side walls of the front cylinder are practically blank - only on the first floor are several hexagonal windows, and one octagonal window is arranged on the west side at the level of the second floor. The side walls of the front cylinder are practically blank, with only the first floor having several hexagonal windows.
Moscow
Melnikov House
The panorama was opened on July 8 July 1982, the museum «The Battle of Stalingrad» was opened three years later, on May 6, 1985, on the eve of the 40th anniversary of Victory.
Museum-Panorama complex is located on the site of the landing in September 1942 the 13th Guards Rifle Division, Major-General Alexander Rodimtsev, which defended Stalingrad.
The museum-panorama «The Battle of Stalingrad Battle» is the main site of the reserve, includes 8 thematic exhibition halls, triumphal and panoramic halls.
1982
On the first level are the museum «The Battle of Stalingrad», depository, the administrative part of the museum-reserve.
On the second level is a circular panorama.
Annually, the museum-panorama «The Battle of Stalingrad» is visited by about half a million people.
Volgograd
Museum-panorama «The Battle of Stalingrad»
Museum-Panorama complex is located on the site of the landing in September 1942 the 13th Guards Rifle Division, Major-General Alexander Rodimtsev, which defended Stalingrad.
The museum-panorama «The Battle of Stalingrad Battle» is the main site of the reserve, includes 8 thematic exhibition halls, triumphal and panoramic halls.
MUSEUM
«СТАЛИНГРАДСКАЯ БИТВА»
PANORAMA
Would you like to see it with your own eyes?
NOVGOROD
DRAMA THEATER
The first stationary theater opened in 1825. Since 1853 the theater in Novgorod became permanent.
In 1987, the theater got a new building, built under the direction of the architect V.A. Somov GIPROTEATER.
The theater building became one of the most interesting and controversial buildings in the Soviet modernism style in Velikiy Novgorod. The building was built almost 10 years.
1825
The unusual shape of the building is reminiscent of a ship and significantly different from the surrounding development of Novgorod.
The main facade of the theater overlooks the pier of the Volkhov River, but from Alexander Nevsky embankment there is a more interesting view on the building.
The two cylindrical towers on the sides  of the theater were supposed to play the role of water towers for acting fountains. But the fountains were never launched.
Veliky Novgorod
Novgorod Drama Theater
The unusual shape of the building reminds of a spaceship  and strongly differs from environmental development of Novgorod.
The main facade of the theater overlooks the Volkhov river pier, but from  Alexander Nevsky embankment opens up a more interesting view of the building.
The two cylindrical towers on the sides  of the building of the theater were supposed to play as the water towers for the acting fountains. But the fountains have never been launched.
In 1987, the theater got a new building, built under the direction of the architect V.A. Somov GIPROTEATER.
The theater building became one of the most interesting and controversial buildings in the Soviet modernism style in Velikiy Novgorod. The building was built almost 10 years.
SANATORIUM
«KURPATS»
Housing «Druzhba» was built in 1985 on original project of architect Igor Vasilevsky and engineer Nodar Kancheli.
The unique object was jointly erected by builders USSR and Czechoslovakia, it was originally designated for shared use.
The «Druzhba» hull seems to float in the air,   and  this defined her image, associated with the «flying saucer»
Building volume — 54 230 m3
Diameter of the two-part ring — 76 meters
Building area — 11 500 m2
The capacity of the sanatorium — 400 rooms
The unique object was jointly erected by the builders of the USSR and Czechoslovakia, and was originally intended for joint use.
The "Druzhba" hull seems to float in the air,   and  this defined her image, associated with the "flying saucer"
The capacity of the sanatorium — 400 rooms
Building volume — 54 230 m3
Diameter of the two-part ring — 76 meters
Building area — 11 500 m2
The capacity of the sanatorium — 400 rooms
Yalta
Sanatorium «Kurpaty»
The unique object was jointly built by the builders of the USSR and Czechoslovakia, and was originally intended for joint use.
The hull of the Druzhba seems to float in the air, and this defined its image, associated with the "flying saucer
Building volume — 54 230 m3
Diameter of the two-part ring — 76 meters
Building area — 11 500 m2
The capacity of the sanatorium — 400 rooms
SCIENTIFIC
CENTER
The base is the bowl of the pool suspended from the three supports of the building. In the center is a light and music fountain.
A light and music fountain is located in the center. The illusion of a moving water space is created by frequent stained-glass windows around the fountain. At night, the reflection is intensified by the illumination of three crystal chandeliers, turning the atrium into a luminous crystal.
The center of the composition of the boarding house is a glazed atrium in the form of a crystal.
The circular part of the building does not stand on supports, but touches. This creates the illusion of the object flying above the ground.
1985
Because of the construction feature, the building has not been altered. Since all elements of the building are structurally incorporated into the work it cannot be rebuilt, but the building still needs to be repaired.
SCIENTIFIC
CENTER
Because of a structural feature, the building has not been altered. Since all elements of the building are structurally incorporated into the work it cannot be rebuilt, but the building still needs to be repaired.
The circular part of the building does not stand on supports, but touches. This creates the illusion of the object flying above the ground.
The center of the composition of the boarding house is a glazed atrium in the form of a crystal.
A light and music fountain is located in the center. The illusion of a moving water space is created by frequent stained-glass windows around the fountain. At night, the reflection is intensified by the illumination of three crystal chandeliers, turning the atrium into a luminous crystal.
The base is the bowl of the pool suspended from the three supports of the building. In the center is a light and music fountain.
Because of a structural feature, the building has not been altered. Since all elements of the building are structurally incorporated into the work it cannot be rebuilt, but the building still needs to be repaired.
1985
The circular part of the building does not stand on supports, but touches. This creates the illusion of the object flying above the ground.
The center of the composition of the boarding house is a glazed atrium in the form of a crystal.
A light and music fountain is located in the center. The illusion of a moving water space is created by frequent stained-glass windows around the fountain. At night, the reflection is intensified by the illumination of three crystal chandeliers, turning the atrium into a luminous crystal.
The base is the bowl of the pool suspended from the three supports of the building. In the center is a light and music fountain.
SCIENTIFIC
CENTER
The base is the bowl of the pool suspended from the three supports of the building. In the center is a light and music fountain.
A light and music fountain is located in the center. The illusion of a moving water space is created by frequent stained-glass windows around the fountain. At night, the reflection is intensified by the illumination of three crystal chandeliers, turning the atrium into a luminous crystal.
The center of the composition of the boarding house is a glazed atrium in the form of a crystal.
The circular part of the building does not stand on supports, but touches. This creates the illusion of the object flying above the ground.
Because of a structural feature, the building has not been altered. Since all elements of the building are structurally incorporated into the work it cannot be rebuilt, but the building still needs to be repaired.
SCIENTIFIC
CENTER
Because of a structural feature, the building has not been altered. Since all elements of the building are structurally incorporated into the work it cannot be rebuilt, but the building still needs to be repaired.
The circular part of the building does not stand on supports, but touches. This creates the illusion of the object flying above the ground.
The center of the composition of the boarding house is a glazed atrium in the form of a crystal.
A light and music fountain is located in the center. The illusion of a moving water space is created by frequent stained-glass windows around the fountain. At night, the reflection is intensified by the illumination of three crystal chandeliers, turning the atrium into a luminous crystal.
The base is the bowl of the pool suspended from the three supports of the building. In the center is a light and music fountain.
The building was designed in 1973 in the style of «Soviet modernism», which prevailed in the 1960s and 1980s. The construction lasted for a long 16 years.
The main object here is the tulip-shaped tower. Its height together with the antenna is 105 meters.
The tower houses a laboratory for testing space equipment, and previously the manipulator of the Buran spacecraft was located there.
Part of the building is a 2-story «ship», overhanging the ground and semi-subterranean rooms, and resting on tall thin columns.
1973
It is dominated by a 77-meter tower in the form of a «concrete tulip» located on a hill in the south and facing two avenues.
It is home to a huge laboratory for testing space technology.
Russian state scientific center
Saint Petersburg
The main object here is the tulip-shaped tower. Its height together with the antenna is 105 meters.
The tower houses a laboratory for testing space equipment, and previously the manipulator of the Buran spacecraft was located there.
It is dominated by a 77-meter tower in the form of a "concrete tulip," located on a hill in the south and facing two avenues.
It is home to a huge laboratory for testing space technology.
The building was designed in 1973 in the style of "Soviet modernism," which prevailed in the 1960s and 1980s. The construction lasted for a long 16 years.
Science Center
Part of the building is a 2-story "ship," overhanging the ground and semi-subterranean rooms, and resting on tall thin columns.
What is included in the tour:
Tour price
3 300 $
Tour program
Meeting Date:
Meeting place:
12:00 p.m. — Melnikov's House. The guide will give you a tour, tell you about the history of the creation and construction of this museum. There you can buy souvenirs, as well as take pictures.
Moscow, Red Square, gathering near the Senate Tower.
A guide will meet you in a large, comfortable bus that will take you around the city.
First stop:
June 15, 10:00 a.m. Moscow time
Second stop:
2:00 p.m – 3:00 p.m — Lunch at «Caspia» restaurant.
Third stop:
Fourth stop:
4:30 p.m. — Ostankino TV Tower. Excursion with climbing to the observation deck and visiting the local restaurant «The Seventh Heaven» at the end of the excursion.
8:00 p.m. — Arrival at Sheremetevo airport for departure to the next city.
On June 16 at 12:45 a.m you arrive in Volgograd. A bus picks you up and takes you to the Hilton Garden Inn 4*.
Arrival:
First stop:
12:00 p.m — start of the excursion to the Museum-Panorama «The Battle of Stalingrad».
Second stop:
Third stop:
6:00 p.m — dinner at the «Saperavi» restaurant.
8:00 p.m — departure to Volgograd airport.
On June 17 at 01:00 a.m. you arrive in Simferopol. The bus meets you and takes you to the hotel «Moscow».
Arrival:
First stop:
10:00 a.m — the bus will take you to Yalta in the resort «Kurpaty».
Second stop:
Third stop:
1:00 p.m — Check-in at the sanatorium + dinner in local restaurant.
3:00 p.m — Beginning excursion on sanatorium «Kurpaty» and building «Friendship».
Fourth stop:
5:00 — After the tour you will have a full day of relaxation at the resort with the opportunity to visit various spa treatments.
Rest Day:
You can visit the various attractions of Yalta, spend a day on the beach, or spend time in the sanatorium: Spa services, gym, movie theater, game room!
In the evening, a live music concert is expected in the cinema and concert hall, to which you can get for free as a hotel resident!
June 19 3:00 p.m — the bus will pick you up from the resort and will take you to the airport in Simferopol.
Departure:
Arrival:
June 19, 11:00 p.m — You arrive at St. Petersburg Airport, where you will be met by a bus to the Radisson Royal Hotel.
First stop:
June 20 12:00 p.m — Beginning of excursion to the Central Research Institute of Robotics and Technical Cybernetics.
Second stop:
4:00 p.m — dinner at the restaurant «Benoit Farm» + free time to walk around the area.
Third stop:
6:00 p.m — Departure to St. Petersburg airport.
June 21, 12:20 a.m — Arrival at Veliky Novgorod airport, where you will be met by bus and taken to the hotel «Park Inn by Radisson».
Arrival:
First stop:
11:00 a.m — beginning of the tour to the Novgorod Drama Theater.
Second stop:
3:00 p.m — lunch in the restaurant «Geography». You also have free time to walk around the city. You return to the hotel on your own.
June 22, 9:30 a.m. — the bus will pick you up from the hotel and take you to the airport in Veliky Novgorod to return to Moscow.
Departure:
Arrival:
3:10 p.m — Arrival at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow. A bus will pick you up and take you to the meeting point (Red Square).
This will be the end of our sightseeing tour. Upon completion, everyone will receive a gift — a collection book by the famous photographer Fredrik Schoeben, "USSR: Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed."
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Do you want to go on a fascinating tour and see buildings from the future with your own eyes?
Date of meeting:
Meeting place:
12:00 p.m. — Melnikov's House. The guide will give you a tour, tell you about the history of the creation and construction of this museum. There you can buy souvenirs, as well as take pictures.
Moscow, Red Square, gathering near the Senate Tower.
A guide will meet you in a large, comfortable bus that will take you around the city.
First stop:
June 15, 10:00 a.m. Moscow time
Second stop:
2:00 p.m – 3:00 p.m — Lunch at «Caspia» restaurant.
Third stop:
Fourth stop:
4:30 p.m. — Ostankino TV Tower. Excursion with climbing to the observation deck and visiting the local restaurant «The Seventh Heaven» at the end of the excursion.
8:00 p.m. — Arrival at Sheremetevo airport for departure to the next city.
On June 16 at 12:45 a.m you arrive in Volgograd. A bus picks you up and takes you to the Hilton Garden Inn 4*.
Arrival:
First stop:
12:00 p.m — start of the excursion to the Museum-Panorama «The Battle of Stalingrad».
Second stop:
Third stop:
6:00 p.m - dinner at the «Saperavi» restaurant
8:00 p.m - departure to Volgograd airport.
On June 17 at 01:00 a.m. you arrive in Simferopol. The bus meets you and takes you to the hotel «Moscow».
Arrival:
First stop:
10:00 a.m — the bus will take you to Yalta in the resort «Kurpaty».
Second stop:
Third stop:
1:00 p.m — Check-in at the sanatorium + dinner in local restaurant.
3:00 p.m — Beginning excursion on sanatorium «Kurpaty» and building «Friendship».
Fourth stop:
5:00 — After the tour you will have a full day of relaxation at the resort with the opportunity to visit various spa treatments.
Rest Day:
You can visit the various attractions of Yalta, spend a day on the beach, or spend time in the sanatorium: Spa services, gym, movie theater, game room!
In the evening, a live music concert is expected in the cinema and concert hall, to which you can get for free as a hotel resident!
June 19 3:00 p.m — the bus will pick you up from the resort and will take you to the airport in Simferopol.
Departure:
Arrival:
June 19, 11:00 p.m — You arrive at St. Petersburg Airport, where you will be met by a bus to the Radisson Royal Hotel.
First stop:
June 20 12:00 p.m — Beginning of excursion to the Central Research Institute of Robotics and Technical Cybernetics.
Second stop:
4:00 p.m — dinner at the restaurant «Benoit Farm» + free time to walk around the area.
Third stop:
6:00 p.m - Departure to St. Petersburg airport.
June 21, 12:20 a.m — Arrival at Veliky Novgorod airport, where you will be met by bus and taken to the hotel «Park Inn by Radisson».
Departure:
First stop:
11:00 a.m — beginning of the tour to the Novgorod Drama Theater.
Second stop:
3:00 p.m — lunch in the restaurant «Geography». You also have free time to walk around the city. You return to the hotel on your own.
June 22, 9:30 a.m. — the bus will pick you up from the hotel and take you to the airport in Veliky Novgorod to return to Moscow.
Departure:
Arrival:
3:10 p.m — Arrival at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow. A bus will pick you up and take you to the meeting point (Red Square).
This will be the end of our sightseeing tour. Upon completion, everyone will receive a gift — a collection book by the famous photographer Fredrik Schoeben, «USSR: Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed»
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Here's what they say about our tour:
This tour was recommended to me by my photographer friend who knows that I love architecture very much. I enjoyed spending these 7 days with people with common interests, and also learned about such beautiful buildings in an unusual style. The guide is very knowledgeable and his stories can be listened to endlessly. I recommend it, you won't regret it!
Andrei Gukalo, 26
I had a great vacation, made a lot of new acquaintances. The guide does his job on 10 points out of 10! He tells you so much that you can't tear yourself away. The buildings are very beautiful and the program was designed in the most convenient way. No inconveniences arose, all was at the highest level!
Olga Andreeva, 42
My husband gave me the «Back to the Future» tour for my anniversary. I had wanted to travel through Russian cities for a long time, and now I was able to remember the past and visit the sanatorium where I was in my youth. It was an excellent tour, I recommend it to everyone!
Nadezhda Selich, 50
My wife and I were on this tour together and we loved it! The guide was wonderful, immersed us in the atmosphere of the 80's as much as possible and we plunged into our memories. Thank you so much for the «Back to the Future» tour.
Denis Tensin, 54
It was my first trip of this kind. I used to think that all tours were tedious and boring, but this tour changed my mind! Everything was very interesting and I wanted to listen to the stories without tearing away. We had a very friendly company on the trip, we exchanged numbers and are still communicating!
Olga Lushko, 35
Vitaly Krotov, 23
I was interested in this tour as a designer. I work as a game designer, and I needed to be inspired by Russia and Soviet buildings to work on the project. I would never have toured so many places myself and learned so much information about them. Had a great time and gathered a lot of material!
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